[MOD] Lux Invicta

[Ofaloaf]

I was working on a Gallo-Roman culture to sneak in stealth style, but I recieved permission from Woody Man to use stuff from De Excidio... so that will mean I am going to put Gallo-Romans in today.

And I'm the one who passed on that Gallo-Roman set to Woody Man!

 

[Ofaloaf]

Oh. You are already in the credits for your contributions on the new cultures thread hehe. Brilliant job on the cultures you made btw. I will credit you also in the changelog for the Gallo-Romans. Btw Ofaloaf weren't you making a Roman mod? Are you still working on it?

Sporadically, mostly just posting progress on 4chan's /vg/ until I'm happier with it. Already plenty of Late Roman mods here, decided not to clutter things up further, don't want to tread on Woody Man's toes more than I just did.

 

[Ofaloaf]

Ah, sad to hear that. There might be many historical Roman mods in development but not finished though, or close. Had I still had the enthusiasm for it I guess I could put together a Roman mod, but in truth if I ever got the enthusiasm necessary to start a new mod I'd probably go Diadokhoi instead... the main issue is I have zero enthusiasm for doing graphics atm, and all the graphics needed for that... meh I don't even want to think at the time involved.

I've been tapping into the Wikimedia Commons files related to the Notitia Dignitatum for period-appropriate flags. They're fairly easy to rework into 128x128 .tga files, and the designs are simple enough that doing recolors to cover other units is a fairly painless process. Plus, there's so little documentation that if you make up something entirely out of fiction, no-one can call you out on it as long as it looks okay.

 

[Ofaloaf]

I agree. Pompous implies a closed system, where the character in question believes he/his people are better than others. He would hoard things he/his people could use, I'd hazard to guess, including money (IE he'd be stingy with foreigners, have higher tariffs, etc).

Pompous might bestow +.03 wealth at the cost of -1 diplomacy and -1 learning.

Is pompousness really a detriment to diplomacy, though? Every king's court is full of pomp and ceremony-- the gilded thrones, the elaborate court protocols, mink-lined capes and all sorts of superfluous stuff like that are all totally pompous things. How many kings are fondly remembered for sitting on a plain wooden chair behind an unembellished desk, wearing unadorned peasant's clothing all day?

 

[Ofaloaf]

Another of the Pompous/Plain events:

It makes me wonder about the distinction between pompous/plain and proud/humble in terms of flavor and characterization, tbh.

 

[Castellon]

Hi Guys I am going to close this thread for a bit while we sort out some issues with Maker of the Mod, related to the distribution of DLC assets.
I am sure it will be back up shortly, my apologies for the interference.

 

[Castellon]

This thread is now reopen for business.